Abstract

The Inez Clare and Family collection consists of a diary kept by Inez Clare between 1901-1908. The diary includes information on herself, the weather, and her family. There are newspaper clippings about her father Ezra B. Eddy, her family’s time in different cities, and an obituary for Peter Clare.

Abstract Scrapbooks of clippings compiled from Minnesota newspapers by Minnesota Historical Society staff on a variety of topics relating to Minnesota history, biography, and geographical locations. There appear to be numerous clippings on some topics, including the Dakota Conflict of 1862, the Civil War, Governor John A. Johnson and other prominent Minnesotans, the Minnesota Historical Society, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Mankato and other areas of Minnesota beyond the Twin Cities. Volumes 1-74, 76-83,...

Abstract The Huldah H. Thorstad collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Thorstad and Pam (Tracy) Rexroat during the fall of 1986. Thorstad, who worked as an elementary school teacher between 1923 and 1972 at schools in Lyle, Adams, Blooming Prairie, and St. Paul, Minnesota, discussed her life, her career, her opinions of school administrators, teacher organizations, fellow staff and faculty members, students, and the purposes behind...